Capsicum
Sow in October, harvest around March
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 7 mandis in your district.
₹2.2 lakh–₹3.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.3 lakh–₹2.4 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 510 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 310 mm it can use in a normal year (210 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 170 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 31 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Capsicum: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 62 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹4,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹91,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.